Europe that since Napoleon wasn’t fronted with a big war suddenly had to face bloody battles in where new techniques (especially transportation) made it possible that within an hour thousands of people were killed. The young men who were going to the front were sure that they’ll be home at Christmas. Five words that perfectly summarize the barbarian slaughter from 1914-18. The documentary counts five parts with the titles: Fury, Fear, Hell, Rage and Deliverance. If you shrug your shoulders because you’re not keen on watching 5 hours old footage then we have to correct you by adding that all the material is fully restored and colorized, and more than the half of the material has never been shown before. A whole honour that is! And so it won’t surprise anyone that the most prestigious television channels (National Geographic is one of them) have bought it. The newest masterpiece from Isabelle Clarke and Daniel Costelle is considered by many critics as the best documentary that’s been made about the first world fire. Everyone knows someone who is searching week in week out war souvenirs at flea markets, not? It can be different though: watching war documentaries for instance and as bonus you learn something about history! After the immense success that Apocalypse: World War II was, TDM now releases Apocalypse: World War I. Not only war has a perverse side, also the commercialisation from it. Those soldiers couldn’t even point on a map with their finger Sarajevo, but it’s an event in that city that lead most of them to death… Hundred years ago millions of soldiers were fighting in trenches because an archduke from whom they have never heard was murdered. Everyone in West-Europe who takes life kind of seriously probably have asked himself that same question: can an event that is so far away create a world war he’ll becoming part of? So far the leaders keep their heads kind of cool, but the answer is a definite yes. It should have become an anniversary with the all saying message that history would/could never repeat itself, but the celebration was strongly overshadowed by another new threat. Of course you heard it before, but this year we remember the 100 th anniversary of the First World War: the big battle that set the whole world on fire.
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